validating jar file error in eclipse while starting tomcat

Question

validate jar file (link to hidden metadata folder in my working directory/geronimo-servlet_3.0_spec-1.0.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class

I am getting this error message while starting tomcat from eclipse and it is leading me to tomcat timeout.and server is not able to start.

How to solve this problem.

Similar questions were asked before , i went through them but i am not able to get the solution.

Please help

Please check this thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1993493/error-servlet-jar-not-loaded . This might help you. — Basith, Jun 11 '13 at 15:00
Can you post your tomcat version and eclipse version. So, we can better help you. Also, if you could post some of the things you have tried based on reading other sites so people would give you those answers as a solution to this problem. — grepit, Jun 11 '13 at 15:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 13 '13 at 19:33

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It is because your project contains the Servlet API classes which are also provided by Tomcat. If you are using Maven, set or manage the scope of the dependency to geronimo-servlet and set it to <scope>provided</scope>. If you are not, remove the Jar and declare your project as a web project which will link the Java EE libraries to your project while excluding them from the deployment

edited Jun 13 '13 at 19:33

Arjan Tijms

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answered Jun 11 '13 at 15:22

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remove the jar from where ? – Saurabh Sinha Jun 12 '13 at 06:19
@SaurabhSinha Are you using Maven or not? – gma Jun 12 '13 at 06:57
Check that you have not the `geronimo-servlet_3.0_spec-1.0.jar` file in your `WEB-INF/lib` directory. Or look at project build path configuration, in `Order and Export` if this Jar is not declared as exported. – gma Jun 12 '13 at 07:23

validating jar file error in eclipse while starting tomcat

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